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British military takes out moving drone with a laser

The DragonFire anti-drone weapons system is meant to be a vastly cheaper alternative to using missiles.

https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/dragonfire-laser-british-military-anti-drone-swarm/ BY NICHOLAS SLAYTON | PUBLISHED JAN 20, 2024

"The British Ministry of Defense announced the successful firing of the (DragonFire) directed-energy weapon system on Friday, Jan. 19. The DragonFire system took out an aerial drone while it was in flight, the first time it had done so.

An image shared by the British MOD even gives a striking look at DragonFire in action, with a bright beam of light taking out the drone. It looks less like Star Wars or Star Trek and more like an actual beam of fire.

The British military is pursuing this project as an effective and cost-efficient way to counter the growing threat of drones and drone swarms. The exact range of DragonFire has not been announced, but according to the British MOD it can hit a coin a kilometer away and function as a line-of-sight weapon. More importantly, it’s cheap. Much cheaper than any missile that would currently be used. According to developers, the operation cost is “typically less than £10 per shot...

...The DragonFire project was publicly announced in 2017, but it’s taken years of tests and experiments to reach this achievement.”

Good Morning All...2/5/2024.

HIMARS strike on hospitality venue "Adriatika" in occupied Lysychansk in Luhansk Oblast on 3 February "destroyed dozens of "LPR" officials, including emergency services Minister Aleksey Potelshenko, public prosecutors, policemen, local deputies and defectors".

According to Russian sources, the strike was adjusted by someone present at the venue or nearby, knowing the positions of the attendees.

The information about the strike emerged on Russian news channels with the context that it was a random civilian bakery that was attacked. Official news present this as a strike against civilians, however, leaks from smaller Russian channels reveal that it was a congregation of big local names that was targeted. A birthday party was being held there. However, it is claimed that some civilians, perhaps relatives of the officials, were also casualties of this strike.

There are names of the targets floating about but these are not confirmed. Ukraine did not take responsibility for this strike. Claims that HIMARS missiles were used come from the Russian side.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1754417310075400298

According to Russian sources, the strike was adjusted by someone present at the venue or nearby, knowing the positions of the attendees.

Partisans!

Shooing down cruise missiles and ballistic missiles was considered impossible not that long ago.

A system like this would be very useful.

Remember reading that the Gerald ford carrier has something like 3 times the electrical generating capacity it needs at this time

Humm